Display-stand.



IINITED STATES I PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL 'BRACKSTONE, OF CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- FOURTH TO FRANK B. ALLEN AND ONE-FOURTH TO EDWIN W. MITCHELL, OF CORINTH, MISSISSIPPI, AND ONE-FOURTI-ITO LOUIS H. HARRIS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

DISPLAY-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2, 1907..

Application filed February 11,1907. Serial No. 356.900-

io (.LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL BRAOKSTONE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Corinth, in the county of Alcorn and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display-Stands; and

I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to display-stands, and has for its object to produce a device of this kind which will be simple and efficient and is for the purpose of displaying articles, as hose, gloves, handkerchiefs, &c., and at the same time placing such articles in such a convenient position that the stand becomes a silent salesman as Well as an advertising device.

One form of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the stand. Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail View of one of the holding-pins, and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the same in use.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, which are for illustrative purposes only and are therefore not drawn to scale, 1 indi. cates a standard provided with. a base 2 and having a rod 3 projecting from its upper .end.

Rotatably mounted upon the rod 3 is a suitable frame preferably comprising two parallel bars 4 and 5, spaced apart, as by any suitable means, as a spindle 6, and mounted upon brackets 7. The brackets are joined at their lower ends by a sleeve 8, which is preferably rounded upon its lower end, as shown at 9, for fitting in a corresponding recess 10 in the upper end of the standard 1.

Suitably mounted upon the upper bar 4 are supporting pins 11, each of which is formed from two members 12 and 13, the central portions of which are joined to'or connected with a support 14. The upper end of the support is provided with an enlargement or head 15, which is perforated angularly, if desired, as at 16, for the reception of the bar 4, which preferably corresponds in cross-section with the shape of the perforation 16, and a thumb-screw 17 projects into said perforation for securing the pin to the bar at any desired point. If desired, a support 18 may be secured to the head 15, so as to project upwardly for the purpose of holding an ordinary price-tag 19. The ends of the upper member 12 of the pin are bent downward and each provided with a hook 20 for the reception of the free end of the lower member or pin 13, said end being preferably pointed for insertion through the articles to be suspended thereon, and the base of each pin or portion nearest the support 14 is provided with a coil 21 to afford greater spring or resiliency to the pin. Normally the ends of the'pin extend below the hook when released therefrom, as shown at 13 in Fig. 3.

Although I have shown the pins as adapt ed to be suspended upon the upper bar 4 of a display-stand, it is evident that they can be secured at any other point in any desired manner, thereby permitting of their use independently of the stand, and other changes in the size, form, and construction of the different parts as will come within the scope of the appended claims may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

When the invention is used as a displaystand, it can be placed in any convenient position, the base 2 being preferably provided with rubber pads 22, and any desired number of pins can be placed upon the bar 4'. In placing the articles upon the pins the free ends of the spring or pin members can be disconnected from the hooks of the upper or supporting members, and the articles placed thereon, either by having the pins passed through them or otherwise, after which said ends are replaced in the hooks. When arranged in this manner, the frame can be rotated so as to bring the articles upon either side of the bar into position for inspection by the wouldbe purchaser, thereby causing the stand to become a silent salesman, as it were. After a selection has been made the desired article can be removed by releasing the point of the pin from the hook and then removing the desired article, after which the pin can be replaced in its hook in the same manner as above described. The different parts of the stand can be made as ornamental as desired, thereby adding to its attractiveness without affecting its utility.

When the pins are used without the stand, they can be secured upon the other support by means of the thumb-screw in the same manner as upon the bar of the stand, and the articles can be attached thereto and removed therefrom in the same manner as though the pins were upon the stand.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

' 1. In a display-stand, a standard provided with an upright rod, a frame pivotally mounted thereon provided with a bar, a plurality of supporting-pins adjustably mounted upon said bar, said pins each comprising a support having a perforated head and two oppositely-extending members, one member being secured to the head and having its ends provided with depending hooks, and the other member being connected at its middle with the lower portion of the support and having its ends adapted to detachably engage with said hooks.

2. In a display-stand, a standard provided with an upright rod, a frame pivotally mounted thereon provided with a bar, supporting-pins adjustably mounted on said bar, each pin comprising two members, a support connected with the central portions of said members for engaging with the bar, the ends of one of the members beinggeach 5 bent at angle and provided with a hook,

and the intermediate portion of the other member being bent into coils and having its ends adapted to be detachably engaged with said hooks.

3. In a display-stand, a standard, the upper end of which is recessed, a rod extended upwardly from said standard, a frame rota tably mounted on said rod, comprising two bars spaced apart and brackets from the lower bar to the top of the standard, a sleeve at the inner ends of said brackets, the lower end of which is rounded to engage with the recessed portion of the standard, and supporting-pins upon the upper bar.

4. A display-pin, comprising two parallel members, each end of one of which is bent at an angle and provided with a hook and the gage with said hooks, a support connected with the central portions of said members, one end of which is provided with a perforated head, and a thumb-screw projecting into said perforation.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL BRACKSTONE. WVitnesses:

T. E. HENRY, J. E. YOUNG.

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